The patricians were the aristocracy of Rome. During the Early Roman Republic they monopolised power by monopolising the offices of state and the seats of the senate. When access to the offices of state and the senate was opened to rich plebeians the patricians remained a very substantial share of these offices and the seats of the senate.
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Only patricians could become government leaders so after the patricians took over the plebeians protested against the patricians. And then after that the patricians and the plebeians worked together to make the roman government better.
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The patricians
The patricians were the Roman aristocracy. They sponsored art and literature. Many of them were politicians, intellectuals and writers.
They were the Patricians and they controlled things from the founding of the city to the end of the republic.